loving the crazy hair

My son is 3 today! He is home sick with me (bummer on the sick, yeah on another mommy cuddle day), and we are going to make the best of it. Lots of movies and hopefully some brownies tonight with candles on top. (Thank goodness his party isn't until next weekend.)


Being three, he now has a handsome crew cut to match Dad. But this time last year, he was still a little hairball. I am about a year behind in his scrapbook and did a page this week for Easter 2008.

I just had to focus on the hair and not that it was Easter. Sometimes it is good to do pages later on so that the nostalgia about what has changed comes through rather than the obvious at the time. I guess procrastination has its perks!

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

Happy birthday to my baby boy. I'm so blessed to be your Mommy.
You bring me joy every day!

mother's day butterfly card idea

Happy Mother's Day week! Moms love homemade gifts, and they have since you smashed your tiny little fist in plaster and called it art.


This week I am going to share with you some cards and gift ideas for Mother's Day gift ideas. We'll start with a cute card. I used Hero Arts stamp sets (Birds and Branches and Anytime Messages), black ink and watercolor pencils. Double-sided foam tape keep the butterflies and birdhouse up popped up off the paper.

Get crafty this week and surprise mom with a cute card! Check back all week for more cute cards and homemade gifts.

The perfect thank you

When saying thank you with a little notecard isn't enough, doll it up and make your own! These paper flowers are just way too cute. I made them using two different size circle punches, layering them and distressing the edges.

Thread buttons to the layered circles with Bazzill string. Making Memories craft wire make cute stems.

The butterflies are from a Making Memories stamp kit, and the stamp saying is from Hero Arts. For a finishing touch, the apron lace punch from Fiskars for the edging.

Think of someone you want to thank and try this look yourself. Post a comment and share with me your paper flower creations.

outside the lines

I am guilty of always thinking I should start with a square or rectangle when making cards. I make a lot of them, so it's an easy and bad habit to get into.

Today I am sharing a card I made for my grandmother. It's a get well card with a twist. The front of the card is a butterfly, the back a rectangle.

I used a piece of cardboard to trace a template for the butterfly and the back. The edges of the butterfly are filed down with an emery board and then inked for definition. A Heidi Grace stamp is used for the Get Well Soon in the bottom corner.

In this picture, the message has already been written, you just can't see it. I lightly traced the outline of the butterfly for guidance, then put a "thinking of you" rub on in the inside followed by a handwritten message that followed the shape of the wings.

Add a little bling, and this card is ready to go.